F106DeltaDart
Elite member
Hello Everyone, this will be my entry into this year's Fantasy Airplane Challenge.
The Naboo Ships in Star Wars have always been a tempation to build in RC for me. Sleek, aerodynamic, and generally having large wing surfaces. Padme's Naboo Star Skiff from Revenge of the Sith has always begged for an RC version, and just looks downright cool! I have 2 80mm fans free after a power system change in my Freewing F-14, so it's time to start planning the build! This will be a fairly large and unconventional build, around a 61" span or so. I am also planning the include retracts to give it that nice clean look in flight.
The first order of business was to get a good 3 view reference, and start planning out the component layout. My ever resourceful brother found out that the Skiff was in the background of a map in the new Battlefront 2, and in a few minutes, was able to extract the 3D model! The main challenge for the layout is going to be keeping a reasonable CG. I sketched a rough outline of the wing over the top, and calculated CG location for 25% MAC. Since roughly 80% of the model's structural weight will fall behind the CG, the EDFs and batteries will have to be placed as far forward as possible, and the "tail/cockpit" section kept as light as possible:
This is all just brainstorming at the moment, but hoping the get construction of the center section started soon. After this week, I'm headed back to TX after being with the family in MN for the holidays. After that, its full steam ahead!
The Naboo Ships in Star Wars have always been a tempation to build in RC for me. Sleek, aerodynamic, and generally having large wing surfaces. Padme's Naboo Star Skiff from Revenge of the Sith has always begged for an RC version, and just looks downright cool! I have 2 80mm fans free after a power system change in my Freewing F-14, so it's time to start planning the build! This will be a fairly large and unconventional build, around a 61" span or so. I am also planning the include retracts to give it that nice clean look in flight.
The first order of business was to get a good 3 view reference, and start planning out the component layout. My ever resourceful brother found out that the Skiff was in the background of a map in the new Battlefront 2, and in a few minutes, was able to extract the 3D model! The main challenge for the layout is going to be keeping a reasonable CG. I sketched a rough outline of the wing over the top, and calculated CG location for 25% MAC. Since roughly 80% of the model's structural weight will fall behind the CG, the EDFs and batteries will have to be placed as far forward as possible, and the "tail/cockpit" section kept as light as possible:
This is all just brainstorming at the moment, but hoping the get construction of the center section started soon. After this week, I'm headed back to TX after being with the family in MN for the holidays. After that, its full steam ahead!
